I would say that the hype we’ve seen with CLO announcement is a sign that ETC community is growing fast if there are good news.
A lot of guys buying in and hold are doing it for the price increase, so a strong development is a sign this will happen.

I would say that this would help in terms of marketing at this point:

a new website that would feature the latest news and developments, the future plans, and so on. A one place where you cand learn everything about ETC. I understood that this is comming, which is great

if the main crypto websites would feature more ETC news, like CLO, the latest developments, the dev team etc. would be very helpful to increase the awareness. I believe that there are a lot of good news this year that deserve better media coverage.

ETC has some community and marketing funds available that came from donations but these are not accessible yet. Additionally, the ETCCOOP also has funds currently available. Feel free to take the lead on the site as there is no centralised governance structure. Anyone can submit a project proposal to About the Ecosystem Proposals category